- the understanding that you have of a situation only after it has happened and that means you would have done things in a different way事后聪明；事后的领悟
- with hindsight With hindsight it is easy to say they should not have released him.事后才说他们本不应该释放他，这倒容易。🔊🔊
- in hindsight What looks obvious in hindsight was not at all obvious at the time.事后一目了然的事在当时根本看不清。🔊🔊
- It's easy to criticize with the benefit of hindsight.事后明白了再评价，这自然容易。🔊🔊
compare foresightExtra Examples- It is easy to criticize others when you have the benefit of hindsight.事后再去批评别人当然容易。
- Their first idea was deemed, in hindsight, a mistake.事后，他们认为最初的想法是个错误。
- This all seems obvious with hindsight.事后看来这一切都一目了然。
Oxford Collocations Dictionarypreposition- in hindsight
- with hindsight
phrases- hindsight is a wonderful thing
- (with) the advantage of hindsight
- (with) the benefit of hindsight
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